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184 - [Arabia]. GALLAND, Julien-Claude.
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[Arabia]. GALLAND, Julien-Claude. A Collection of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Pilgrimage to Mecca, to which have been appended various writings concerning the religion, sciences, and customs of the Turks. Published in Amsterdam and sold in Paris by Desaint & Saillant, 1754. In-12, VIII-215 pp. Marbled fawn sheepskin of the period, smooth spine with decoration, red edges (binding scuffed, one corner worn, upper joint slightly split). First edition of this rare collection of texts devoted to the rites and ceremonies of Islam, translated and compiled by Julien-Claude Galland, an Orientalist and drogman in the Levant, nephew of Antoine Galland, the famous translator of *One Thousand and One Nights*. Notably, it includes a detailed account of the pilgrimage to Mecca in the 18th century, with notes on the principal holy sites of Islam; a treatise on the sciences among the Ottomans attributed to Zeynî Efendi; a description of the island of Chios in the 18th century, as well as an account of the marriage of Sultana Esma to Yakub Pasha, governor of Silistra. Chadenat, 5207. Blackmer, 643.
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